Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.18738/T8/IX2GEO |
Publication Date
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2022-04-05 |
Title
| Slavery in Early Mexico: A Dataset Identifying the Enslaved Persons on the Estates of Hernando Cortés |
Alternative Title
| Slavery in Early Mexico |
Author
| Gharala, Norah L. A. (Department of History, University of Houston) - ORCID: 0000-0002-8012-6636
De Los Reyes Heredia, Jose Guillermo (Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Houston) - ORCID: 0000-0001-5975-5852
Mendoza, Celso Armando (Department of History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) - ORCID: 0000-0002-4180-7746
Georgeson, Tara (Department of History, University of Houston)
Urdiales, Jaden (Department of History, University of Houston) |
Point of Contact
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Gharala, Norah L. A. (University of Houston) |
Description
| A dataset of personal names and descriptions of African and Indigenous people who were enslaved on the estates of Hernando Cortés. (2022-02-14) |
Subject
| Arts and Humanities |
Keyword
| New Spain
Mexico
colonialism
slavery
Afro-Latin America
Indigenous peoples
conquistadors
gender
history |
Topic Classification
| Slavery
Mexico
History
16th century |
Notes
| Languages include Nahuatl, Spanish, and English, and the production years are 1543-1549. |
Language
| English |
Production Date
| 1543 |
Production Location
| State of Morelos, Mexico |
Contributor
| Other : Ceballos, Luis G.
Other : Archivo General de la Nación (México) |
Funding Information
| University of Houston: Grant to Enhance Research on Racism |
Depositor
| Gharala, Norah L. A. |
Deposit Date
| 2022-02-14 |
Time Period
| Start Date: 1543-05-01 ; End Date: 1549-08-16 |
Date of Collection
| Start Date: 1930-01-17 |
Data Type
| textual data; inventory |
Other Reference
| Mentz, Brígida von. Trabajo, sujeción y libertad en el centro de la Nueva España: esclavos, aprendices, campesinos y operarios manufactureros, siglos XVI a XVIII. Mexico City: Editorial Porrúa, 1999.; Riley, G. Micheal. “Labor in Cortesian Enterprise: The Cuernavaca Area, 1522-1549.” The Americas 28, no. 3 (1972): 271-287. |
Data Source
| Cortés, Hernán and Luis González Obregón. Documentos inéditos relativos a Hernán Cortés y su familia. Mexico City: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1935.; Martínez, José Luis. Documentos Cortesianos. 4 vols. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1990. |
Origin of Historical Sources
| Our data come from property inventories in New Spain that listed individuals who were held in chattel slavery. Much of these data were published among the “documentos cortesianos.” The originals are held in Archivo General de la Nación in the branch called “Hospital de Jesús.” |
Documentation and Access to Sources
| Archivo General de la Nación, Hospital de Jesús, Legajo 28 . Archivo General de la Nación, Hospital de Jesús, Legajo 257 . |